Attachment F - Wage Determination.pdf

This is a General Decision wage determination document (IL20260009) issued by the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division for federal construction contracts in Cook County, Illinois, effective January 9, 2026. The determination establishes prevailing wage rates and fringe benefits for building, residential, heavy, and highway construction projects, excluding landscape work.

The document specifies hourly wage rates and fringe benefit percentages for numerous construction trades and classifications organized by construction type. For building and residential construction, rates range from $31.32 to $70.68 per hour for trades such as asbestos workers, boilermakers, bricklayers, carpenters, electricians, elevator mechanics, ironworkers, laborers (classified into 12 groups), painters, plumbers, roofers, and sheet metal workers. For heavy and highway construction, power equipment operators are classified into five groups with rates between $57.80 and $63.00 per hour, while truck drivers for heavy and highway work range from $45.55 to $46.20 per hour. Fringe benefits are expressed either as dollar amounts or percentages. The determination includes detailed equipment classifications for power equipment operators and laborer categories. Footnotes address paid holidays (eight federal holidays), vacation accrual schedules based on tenure, health and welfare contributions, pension contributions, and special provisions for compressed air work and tunnel/sewer construction. The document also notes Executive Order requirements regarding paid sick leave and minimum wage rates for federal contractors, along with procedures for wage determination appeals to the Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division.